Change and variability in Antarctic coastal exposure, 1979–2020

A new metric measuring the exposure of the Antarctic coastline to full open-ocean conditions reveals strong regional and seasonal change and variability occurred over the past four decades due to the loss and/or gain of an offshore sea-ice buffer.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: P. A. Reid, R. A. Massom
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28676-z
https://doaj.org/article/403eb14faa8149c68782795190acadbc
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Summary:A new metric measuring the exposure of the Antarctic coastline to full open-ocean conditions reveals strong regional and seasonal change and variability occurred over the past four decades due to the loss and/or gain of an offshore sea-ice buffer.